A wheelchair ramp has a rise from the ground of 1 gilt. The ramp has a length of fourteen feet. To the nearest angle the ramp makes the sidewalk

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This is an example of how this problem is done.

Gilt?- none of the definitions I found had anything to do with measurement

Draw a triangle ABC,
side a = opposite side
side b = adjacent side
side c = hypotenuse

You are given,
side c = length of ramp = 14
side a = wheelchair ramp rise = 1

You need to find
angle A = sin A = op/hyp = a/c = 1/14 = 0.071429

sin A = 0.071429
angle A = 4.096 deg.